UK Police Are Considering A Criminal Probe Into The Kate Middleton Hoaxhttp://www.businessinsider.com/uk-police-probing-middleton-hoax-2012-12/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Sun, 02 Aug 2015 19:42:43 -0400Associated Presshttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c4d8466bb3f7121100000dMr. ObviousSun, 09 Dec 2012 13:28:22 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c4d8466bb3f7121100000d
Except no. HIPPA's privacy provisions applies to "covered entities". Covered entities include payment processing centers, insurers, employer based plan administrators and providers. It doesn't include random people or radio DJs playing a prank. If you tell some random person "I went to the doctor for a bad ear infection" and that person repeats that fact, you can't sue / complain on HIPAA grounds because the person isn't a covered entity.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c4beeaeab8ea272c000006Mr. ObviousSun, 09 Dec 2012 11:40:10 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c4beeaeab8ea272c000006
Agreed - the notion that there is a hereditary monarch and that they are somehow better than everyone else is absurd in the 21st century. Appointing kings, queens, dukes, etc. is indeed a "retarded act".http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c4be7fecad04a57d00002csteve stevensonSun, 09 Dec 2012 11:38:23 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c4be7fecad04a57d00002c
Wonder if they will find that the royal family had the nurse murdered.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c49c78ecad04a03a00001ddbsmithSun, 09 Dec 2012 09:13:12 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c49c78ecad04a03a00001d
Do you think they (the radio people) don't realize 'the stupidity of their act'?!
This was nothing more than a juvenile prank, a 'do you have Prince Albert in a can' joke. Nothing more.
That the Brits (and other media outlets) are trying to make more of it is FAR more offensive than the prank, itself.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c497e16bb3f7561d00000eI'm Not Saying That They Will Be IndictedSun, 09 Dec 2012 08:53:37 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c497e16bb3f7561d00000e
I'm pretty sure they won't be indicted, but they should at least realize the stupidity of their act and the repercussions on other people's lives, especially the vulnerable ones.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c4964069bedd866e000001Frank BurnsSun, 09 Dec 2012 08:46:40 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c4964069bedd866e000001
The probe should start at the hospital, to verify what sort of pressure they heaped on this person after the fact.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c4952a6bb3f77c12000016dbsmithSun, 09 Dec 2012 08:42:02 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c4952a6bb3f77c12000016
This is being blown out of all proportion.
The prank was stupid, but certainly not criminal.
Anyway, no link has been proved between the call and the (presumed) suicide.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c4933669beddbc63000014Good IdeaSun, 09 Dec 2012 08:33:42 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50c4933669beddbc63000014
That would be a good thing to see those people facing justice for their retarded act. I would also like to see the same for the Masked Avengers in Canada. They should learn their lesson. You cannot do anything you want to increase your ratings, even if you are desperate like most radio broadcasters...